Cork-extractor.



J. GEBHART.

CORK EXTRACTOR,

APPLIOATION nun MAY 17, 1913.

Patented Jan. 13,1914.

fitter/nag JOSEPH G-EBHART, F ZION CITY ILLINOIS.

GORK-EXTBAC'IOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 13, 1914;.

Application filed May 17, 1913. Serial No. 768,324.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH GnnuAR'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Zion City, in the county of Lake and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cork-Extractors, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to an attachment for bottles and corks therefor, the object of the same being to provide a device whereby the cork may be easily and quickly removed from the bottle when desired.

With the above recited object in view, and others which will appear as the nature of the invention is more fully understood, the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth-in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claim.

Inthe drawing:--Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating a cork and bottle provided with my improvement and showing the means for extracting the cork from the bottle neck, Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the cork and bottle neck, and illustrating the position of the fulcrum bar when the cork is not to be extracted from the bottle, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the extractor, Fig. 4c is a detail sectional view through the cork showing the same provided with a central post in the form of a cotter pin.

Referring now to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates an ordinary bottle neck which is provided, adjacent its mouth, with the usual depression 2, and disposed within this depression is a wire ring 3. This ring is formed with an outturned lip 4 in which is pivotally connected a fulcrum rod 5. The free end of the fulcrum rod-is provided with a substantially V-shaped depression, the purpose of which will presently be described. The cork is indicated by the numeral 6, and is of the ordinary construction. The cork has passing centrally therethrough a rod 7, each of the opposite ends of which i being provided with heads 8 and 9 respectively which bear against the inner and outer faces of the said cork. The rod extends beyond its outer head and is bent to provide an eye 9.

When the cork is to be extracted from the bottle, the fulcrum lever is swung upwardly to the angle illustrated Fig. 1, and the extracting member, designated by the numeral 11, which is constructed of a single piece of wire and which has one of its ends formed with a lip 12, is rested upon the V-shaped end of the fulcrum rod and its lip inserted within the eye. A downward pressure upon the portion of the extractor extending beyond the fulcrum rod will cause the removal of the stopper from the bottle. The member 11 at the juncture of its angular portions is substantially ti-shaped in cross section, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings, whereby the said V-s'haped portion will find an effective bearing within the V-shaped end of the fulcrum rod.

In Fig. 4; of the drawings, I have illustrated the cork 6 provided with a rod, in the nature of a cotter pin 7 the eye 9' of which being arranged above the top of the cork and the arms of which passing through the cork and extending below the bottom face thereof will bend in opposite directions to sustain the said cotter pin securely upon the cork to prevent the said cotter pin being forced outwardly when the fulcrum member is applied to the eye thereof, and the said eye also prevents the member 7' being passed downwardly through the cork.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such inventions appertain without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is The combination with a bottle having its neck formed with an annular depression, and a cork for the bottle having its outer face provided with an eye, of a wire ring arranged within the depression of the bottle neck and having an outturned lip, a rod havwith a lip which is adapted to be inserted ing one of its ends pivotally secured to the within the eye provided upon the cork.

lip of the ring to permit of the swinging In testimony whereof I afiix my signat ire of the rod upon the bottle neck, said rod in presence of two Witnesses.

having its free end formed with a V-shaped JOSEPH GEBHART. depression, an extractor member adapted Witnesses:

to be fulerumed Within the depression of ARNOLD CHAPMAN,

the rod and to have one of its ends provided THEODORE FoRBY. 

